Author Archives: Allen Gannett

The New CampusSplash Launches

By Allen Gannett · August 10th, 2011 · News · Comments

10 August

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Today, we’re super proud to release the new CampusSplash platform. The platform is built to democratize education search by letting you ask any question about any college or university. Your questions will be answered by current students, alumni, experts, and admission officers. We’ve poured countless hours into getting the platform ready for you. CampusSplash was [...]

Announcing “Zinch Your Prom” on ChampSplash!

By Allen Gannett · April 10th, 2011 · News · Comments

10 April

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Today we’re releasing ChampSplash! It’s a Facebook application for grant competitions. For April, we’ve partnered with Zinch.com to host “Zinch Your Prom.” Zinch will be giving $10,000 in grants for high school proms to the schools with the most votes on ChampSplash during the month of April. So vote for your high school each day on [...]

First Annual Dormy Awards & the Launch of DormSplash.com!

By Allen Gannett · March 1st, 2011 · Student Life · Comments

1 March

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Today we’re excited to launch DormSplash.com! A dorm review website with over 7100 reviews as of today! Check it out to read and write anonymous reviews of college dorms all across the country. Along with the launch, we’re releasing our first annual Dormy Awards! Go below the fold to find out what the Best 14 Dorms in [...]

Introducing AdmissionSplash! A Facebook application that predicts college admissions!

By Allen Gannett · February 8th, 2011 · Admissions · Comments

8 February

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CampusSplash is a proud father today. We’re launching AdmissionSplash! It is a Facebook application that uses a formula we developed to predict your chances of getting into over 1500 undergraduate colleges. You can start using it immediately by going either directly to the Facebook application or to AdmissionSplash.com. Or you can watch a demo video and read more information [...]

6 Questions: Arthur Woods and Neil Shah, Founders of Compass Partners

By Allen Gannett · January 31st, 2011 · Student Life · Comments

31 January

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This week in 6 questions, we interview Arthur Woods and Neil Shah, the founders of Compass Partners. The organization is an emerging student organization that incubates young social entrepreneurs. Arthur and Neil founded the organization while students at Georgetown University. Read the interview after the jump Tweet Share

6 Questions: Hilary Doe, National Campus Director of the Roosevelt Institute

By Allen Gannett · January 28th, 2011 · Student Life · Comments

28 January

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Today in our six question series we interview Hilary Doe of the Roosevelt Institute. She runs their national campus network which is a group of 80 college chapters that acts as a student-run policy think tank. They currently have about 7,000 members (and counting!). How did you get involved with the Roosevelt Institute? Tweet Share

How to Get a Political Internship

By Allen Gannett · January 27th, 2011 · Internships · Comments

27 January

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Political internships are one of the most sought after internships for social science majors, but what most people don’t realize is that getting them is surprisingly doable. Maybe I’m jaded from going to school in Washington, DC but I’m confident that you can get a political internship. Here’s how: Tweet Share